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Grant winners

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH

The NC3Rs has awarded its first PhD studentships to five early-career scientists within UK institutions as part of its aim to advance the knowledge and application of methods to replace, refine and reduce animal experiments.

Investigating the underlying causes and potential treatments of myasthenia gravis and the congenital myasthenic syndromes

IN DETAIL

Award winner: John Weinman

Institution: King's College London

Value: £61,000

Improving the quality of life for individuals with neuromuscular conditions

This grant will help fund research into psychological coping techniques for people with presently incurable neuromuscular conditions. Professor Weinman, professor of psychology as applied to medicine at King's Institute of Psychiatry, studies the self-management of chronic illness. In this three-year project, he will seek to investigate varying psychological techniques that people with muscle-wasting diseases can use to positive effect.

More than 60,000 people in the UK suffer from muscular dystrophy or related conditions, which cause muscles in the body to weaken and can also affect heart and respiratory muscles. Professor Weinman said: "Together with Michael Rose at King's College Hospital, our work has investigated the ways that patients with muscle disease perceive their condition. These perceptions can influence their ability to cope with their disease and, in turn, adversely affect their quality of life. This grant will enable us to develop and test new treatments."

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